Compounding Political and Energy Risks: A Clustered Stochastic covol Model, Ovielt Baltodano López (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Monica Billio (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Roberto Casarin (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Michele Costola (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

Is Gold a High-Quality Liquid Asset?, Dirk G. Baur (University of Western Australia Business School), David Gornall (World Gold Council), Lai T. Hoang (University of Western Australia Business School), and Johan Palmberg (University of Western Australia Business School)

Nonbank Lending, Private Firms, and Credit Cycles, Sevket Camoglu (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Stefano Colonnello (Ca' Foscari University of Venice & Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)), and Michael Koetter (Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg & Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH))

Crash Narratives and Predictability, John Cotter (University College Dublin), Richard McGee (University College Dublin, Dublin), and Xiaomeng Wang (University College Dublin)

Geopolitical Risk and European Bank Lending: Evidence from the Syndicated Loan Market, Tobias Deblauwe (Ghent University), and Rudi Vander Vennet (Ghent University)

Beyond Banks: Lender Heterogeneity in Monetary Policy Pass-Through, Roman Goncharenko (Central Bank of Ireland and KU Leuven), and Elizaveta Lukmanova (Central Bank of Ireland and KU Leuven)

Towards a Common Backstop for the European Banking System? Market Expectations About the European Stability Mechanism, Nils Holm (Deutsche Bundesbank) and Tobias Körner (Deutsche Bundesbank)

Geopolitical Risk, Cost of Equity, and Lending: Evidence from the Ukrainian War, Emiel Sanders (Ghent University), and Rudi Vander Vennet (Ghent University)